Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani strongly condemned the ongoing Indian brutalities on the innocent people of the occupied territory. In a statement issued in Srinagar, Gilani disregarded the regret shown by an Indian Army officer on the recent cold-blooded murder of a 30-year-old lecturer at Khrew, Badgam. He noted that […]
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Soldiers raid village in Held Kashmir; one dead
SRINAGAR: Indian soldiers raided a village in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) overnight in an attempt to quash ongoing protests, leaving a civilian dead and dozens injured, police and witnesses said on Thursday. Villagers said soldiers from a nearby Indian army camp ransacked homes in Khrew village and beat residents with bamboo sticks, leading to the death […]
Two soldiers, police officer killed in IHK
SRINAGAR: Unidentified people killed two soldiers and a police officer in an ambush on a military convoy overnight in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), an official said on Wednesday. An unknown number of gunmen opened fire on two army trucks and a police vehicle travelling through Baramulla district, 60 kilometres west of Srinagar. “Two soldiers and one […]
India shoots dead 5 more Kashmiris
SRINAGAR: Indian forces shot dead five people and wounded another 20 during protests in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) on Tuesday, according to witnesses and security sources. The day also saw Indian police registering a sedition case against Amnesty International, a rights group, after some people allegedly raise “anti-India” slogans at its event in Bangalore on the […]
No indication of terrorism in Swiss train attack
GENEVA: Swiss police said Sunday there was no indication a stabbing and fire attack on a passenger train was an act of terror, as a female victim and the assailant died of their injuries. Five other people were hurt in Saturday’s assault in eastern Switzerland, including a six-year-old girl who was seriously injured. “The question […]
Big business needs to step up in the fight against Islamic State
France is the most visited country in the world. Yet, following the recent Islamic State-motivated attack in Nice, travel stocks dipped considerably. Was the drop a short-term fluke, or will sustained market falls become the new normal in countries targeted by terrorism? The nature of terrorism is changing. What was once small groups planning […]
New Boko Haram video of alleged Chibok girls
KANO: Boko Haram on Sunday released a new video purportedly showing some of the schoolgirls kidnapped by the jihadist group from the Nigerian town of Chibok more than two years ago. The footage was issued just days after embattled Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau denied claims that he had been replaced as the leader of […]
Venezuela and Colombia reopen border crossings
SAN ANTONIO DEL TÁCHIRA: Venezuela and Colombia are gradually reopening several “provisional” border crossing points for pedestrians for the first time in nearly a year, marking a turning point after long-running enmity. More than 54,000 people entered Colombia on Saturday, 81 percent of them returning to their place of origin, immigration authorities said in Bogota. […]
Turkish mosque group in Germany takes step back from Ankara
FRANKFURT: A key Turkish religious organisation in Germany said on Sunday it would further distance itself from Ankara after politicians and media raised concerns of foreign influence. Mosque federation Ditib “is and will remain politically neutral”, spokesman Zekeriya Altug told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS) newspaper. “Apart from the imams supplied by the Diyanet (Turkey’s […]
Thai authorities know who was behind wave of bombings
BANGKOK: Thai authorities know who was behind a wave of bombings that rocked tourist destinations and killed four people, a police spokesman said Sunday, though officials remained tight-lipped on the details of their probe. At least two men have been held for questioning over the blasts in Hua Hin — a resort town struck by […]